Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-02-03
A VALUABLE RECORD.
Military Census Of Soldiers Now Living
In the state OF Iowa.
Some Facts Cleaned from . Rook
Nearly Ready :for Distribution
ny Adjt-Gen. Alexander.

In accordance with law passed by the
twentieth and twenty-iirst general asscmb-
lies Adjutant- General Alexander has pre-
pared for publication military census OF
old soldiers now living in Iowa The book
Is substantial octave OF about 500 pages,
is now in the hands Of the binder and
win be ready for distribution In a few
days. II aims to give the names. postof-
fee address and military rank of every
man now living In the state who served
his country In either tho army or navy,
together with the state from which he
enlisted and the regiment TO which he
was assigned. From advance pages II Is
learned that there are now living In Iowa
30,S82 Of these old soldiers, representing
1, 1873 regiments, from 40 States and Ter
ritorics. The largest number Is, Of
course, furnished by Iowa, but Illinois
comes next, the table showing that 0,bi0
who went TO the war from Illinois
are now living in Iowa Ohio comes
next, for there arc over 8,2l2 Buckeye
soldiers now living with the Hawkeyes.
OF the 39,S62 old soldiers now In Iowa,3l
are veterans from the war Of 1879, 81 are
from the Black Hawk war. Q from the
Florida war. 503 from the Mexican war
and the remainder from the rebellion.
II Is a singular fact that most Of the
old soldiers who came to Iowa from 9th.
er States came from about the same 10.
cality, as Is indicated by the few rcgi.
ments represented from their State. New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio are excep'
tons, there being over 200 regiments or
separate commands In each OF those
States represented now in Iowa. But
there are 2l8 old soldiers from Massa.
chusetts who represent but two regi.
ments In that State. Michigan has In
Iowa 4S8 soldiers, who represent but 3
regiments. Little Rhody has BE soldiers
In Iowa. and they oil come from the
same regiment. Missouri has l,086 sol
diers In Iowa, but regiments embrace
them all, or an average Of over 200 from
each regiment.
Iowa sent TO the war about 100000
troops. II has living less than 1900 old
soldiers that enlisted from this state. OF
this number OF survivors the greatest mum.
Der, 517 belong TO the Third cavalry. The
greatest mortality has been in the Forty
third infantry, which has but -four survi'
vors, while the Forty second has but five,
and the Forty-flrst but six survivors
This new book, which, SO far az one
state Is concerned, is a complete army
register, will prove Of very great value in
preserving the record OF every soldier now
living In the state. II Is occasion for
great regret that the legislature limited its
edition to the small amount Of 5000 cop
les. OF this number three copies are TO
go to each Grand Army post in the state
and 300 copies are to be saved for posts
yet TO be started One hundred copies are
reserved to be presented to the state libra
ries, and tho National libraries ut Wash
ington. One copy is to go to the Office Of
each county auditor In the state, and the
remainder are to be left for distribution
with the members OF the Twentieth and
Twenty -first general assemblies. The in.
formation furnished In this book has been
obtained through assessors in making
their census returns TO the county audi
tors and by direct inquiries sent out from
the adjutant-gcneral's office. General
Alexander, with large force OF clerks,
has been engaged upon this work for ov-
or year.